Camp X FRC Tours · Durham Region

The Camp X locations map

13 tour stops, bonus stops and the Legion branches where you can meet veterans. Tap a pin or a card to see its photos and videos.

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Where it all happened

Camp X: Intrepid Park

2008 Boundary Road, Whitby

The site of Special Training School No. 103 and the Hydra radio station, 1941 to 1946. Today the Camp X memorial and the tribute to Sir William Stephenson stand here. CBC's TV series "X Company" told the Camp X story.

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Home base

Hero Outdoors and Lakefront Park West

1240 Phillip Murray Avenue, Oshawa

Hero Outdoors army surplus, home base of the FRC13 brand and Camp X FRC Spy Tour merchandise, across the street from Lakefront Park West.

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Transformers

General Motors Plant South

900 Park Road South, Oshawa

Oshawa's auto plant and the Autobots: vehicles from the "Transformers" films are linked to this industrial landmark.

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Camp X mural

Memorial Park

Downtown Oshawa

Home of the Camp X mural in downtown Oshawa.

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Motor city

Canadian Automotive Museum

99 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa

The story of Oshawa's car-making heritage.

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X-Men and Camp X

The Genosha Hotel

70 King Street East, Oshawa

Known from "X-Men" and remembered as the Camp X spy hotel, where agents are said to have met before heading to the camp.

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Tank and armoury

Colonel R.S. McLaughlin Armoury

53 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa

The historic armoury, its tank and its links to Camp X and General Motors.

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Downtown stop

Holiday Inn and Oshawa Convention Centre

67 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa

Downtown Oshawa stop near Wendel Clark's.

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Xavier's School

Parkwood Estate

270 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa

The McLaughlin family estate, a National Historic Site, and the original "Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters" from the X-Men films.

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Armour and air force

Tank Museum and 420 Wing RCAF

1000 Stevenson Road North, Oshawa

Historic military vehicles at the Oshawa airport, home of 420 Wing RCAF.

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Wind tunnel

Durham College and Ontario Tech (ACE)

2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa

The ACE climatic wind tunnel at Ontario Tech University.

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Northern Dancer

Windfields Farm

Oshawa

Birthplace of Northern Dancer, the Kentucky Derby winner.

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Prisoner-of-war camp

Camp 30

2020 Lambs Road, Bowmanville

A Second World War prisoner-of-war camp and National Historic Site.

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The Bomb Girls

DIL Bomb and Bullet Factory, Ajax

65 Harwood Avenue South, Ajax

Bonus stop. Defence Industries Limited made shells here in the Second World War (Global TV's "Bomb Girls"). Ajax also honours its naval heritage and the warship HMS Ajax.

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Entertainment

Durham Live and Pickering Casino Resort

Durham Live Avenue, Pickering

Bonus stop. The entertainment district in Pickering.

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Official Camp X STS 103 Legion

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 112, Whitby

117 Byron Street South, Whitby

The official Camp X STS 103 Legion. Meet the veterans and hear their stories.

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Camp X mini museum

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 637 (Sir William Stephenson)

1251 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa

Named for Sir William Stephenson, with a Camp X mini museum.

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Oshawa

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 43

471 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa

Talk with veterans about Camp X history and heritage.

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Pickering

Royal Canadian Legion, Pickering

1555 Bayly Street, Pickering

Talk with veterans about Camp X history and heritage.

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Beyond Durham Region

Camp X's wider world

Places on Rich Prince's Camp X map that connect to the wider wartime story.

Bletchley Park, England

The codebreaking centre that worked alongside the Allied intelligence network.

London, England

Headquarters of British intelligence and the Special Operations Executive.

Windsor Castle, England

The Royal connection of the Commonwealth war effort.

Hamilton Princess Hotel, Bermuda

A British wartime censorship station in the Second World War.